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Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist)

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Effects of tapping, Calabar, Southern Nigeria

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/104
Scope and Contents

78 x 95 mm. A view showing the deep scars (two-and-a-half year old) caused by excision tapping with the old V-shaped knife.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Funtumia elastica growing in avenues, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/78
Scope and Contents

77 x 96 mm. A view looking along a pathway lined with rubber trees.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Funtumia elastica growing in the open, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/79
Scope and Contents

78 x 97 mm. A view showing a young African standing beside a rubber tree growing without early pruning or side shade.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Funtumia elastica grown in avenues, Calabar, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/80
Scope and Contents

79 x 100 mm. A view looking along a pathway lined with rubber trees. Photograph probably by Christy.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Nigerian and Beninian diary, 1909-11-26 - 1909-12-30

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 124/2/4
Scope and Contents

This diary (circa 80 pages) was kept by Christy during a tour of Nigeria and Benin to survey rubber trees growing in the wild and cultivated in plantations.

Dates: 1909-11-26 - 1909-12-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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